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Ukrainian commanders told ''[[The Times of London]]'' that soldiers from Britain’s Special Air Service (SAS) trained Ukrainian troops in Kyiv.<ref>https://archive.ph/5CG2z</ref>
Ukrainian commanders told ''[[The Times of London]]'' that soldiers from Britain’s Special Air Service (SAS) trained Ukrainian troops in Kyiv.<ref>https://archive.ph/5CG2z</ref>
On May 1, 2022 ''Defense Updates'' reported on the delivery of hundreds of the UK ''[[Wunderwaffen]]'' Brimstone precision guided missiles to Ukraine. ''Defense Updates'' reported:
{{quotebox-float|"UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has stated that victory for Ukraine is a "strategic imperative" for the West and Russian forces must be pushed out of "the whole of Ukraine". This is the clearest statement that has been made yet regarding Britain's war aims which have, until now, been limited to stating that President Putin's invasion of Ukraine "must fail and be seen to fail"....The missile has a range of 60+ km or 37+ mi and a maximum speed of Mach 1.3....It has been estimated that Brimstone is 3 times more effective than the AGM-65G Maverick missile against modern tanks, and 7 times more effective than the BL755 cluster bomb. In combat, Brimstone has demonstrated accuracy and reliability "both well above 90 percent"...This capability will fundamentally change the tactical scenario since the Russian forces will now know that they may have to face long-range precision attacks, chances of which were very limited earlier. It is to be noted that The West is sharing critical intelligence with Ukraine which can be used to prioritize and target the most important Russian assets."<ref>https://youtu.be/x4Nb5XVjezY</ref>}}
On May 8, 2022, it was reported that the Russians captured a fully intact Brimstone missile which can now be reversed engineered.<ref>https://youtu.be/ZmdZN77avfI</ref> By the time the "hundreds" of Brimstones are launched against thousands of Russian tanks, a Russian and Chinese version of the Brimstone will likely be available. From that point forward it is only a question of who can produce more, faster. The US and EU's sanction regime against Russia limits the availability of certain component materials needed. Brimstone is a next generation improvement on the American Hellfire missile, bringing Hellfire and Brimstone to the battlefield. On the same day as the disastrous and humiliating defeat and surrender at Azovstal, May 17, 2022, a Russian missile hit a military barrack at Desna, a military base 46 miles northeast of Kyiv, killing 87.<ref>https://sonar21.com/desna-is-just-one-disaster-for-the-ukrainian-military/</ref> The base was hit again in June, this time killing 200.
While Ukraine was losing 20,000 soldiers a month, [[Boris Johnson]] travelled to Kyiv to promise training for 10,000 soldiers every four months.<ref>https://youtu.be/Lj-Vj_YWYfE</ref>
While Ukraine was losing 20,000 soldiers a month, [[Boris Johnson]] travelled to Kyiv to promise training for 10,000 soldiers every four months.<ref>https://youtu.be/Lj-Vj_YWYfE</ref>